Case Type: Federal Amicus Curiae

Full Circle of Living and Dying v. Sanchez

Amicus: Filed November 19, 2021 In November 2019, the California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau ordered Full Circle of Living and Dying, a nonprofit educational consulting group of death doulas, to…
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McDonald v. Lawson

Amicus; submitted February 9, 2023 In an amicus brief* submitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Compassion & Choices (C&C) argued that the State should be allowed to make…
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Fonseca v. Smith

At a Glance: Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief in a California lawsuit, Fonseca v. Smith, defending California’s legal definition of brain death—the irreversible cessation of all functions of…
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Ruan v. United States

At a Glance: Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief in the consolidated U.S. Supreme Court cases Ruan v. United States and Kahn v. United States on December 21, 2021. The case concerned whether doctors…
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Zubik v. Burwell

A U.S. Supreme Court case claiming the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage insurance requirement violates religious freedom could impair end-of-life care for millions of Americans, asserts a friend-of-court brief filed…
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